Crucifixion

I wanted to draw a picture of the crucifixion for Lent. As I was working on it I was wondering how the picture could portray the fact that Jesus was born, suffered, and died for every person on the earth. The inspiration came to cut the picture and put a mirror behind the picture, and whoever looked at it would see themselves in Jesus. It didn’t matter if they believed in Him or not, He still came and died for each and every soul. I had finished the drawing part and was going to cut the paper where the wounds would be, so they would look like flaps of skin. As I was about to do this, something in me was afraid I would make a mistake when cutting the paper. This fear overtook me, I couldn’t cut the paper to make Jesus’ wounds. I put the drawing in the closet. There it sat. One month. Two months. Three months. Soon five months had passed and I kept thinking I should finish this picture, but I still couldn’t cut it. Then 9/11 happened. I remember that evening going to the chapel to pray. I felt like Jesus was crucified for each person that died, thousands of times. I felt great sadness. The next day I took the picture out of the closet. Jesus was crucified again and again, bleeding for each soul. I finished the picture in 19 days, working on it intensely, about 7-10 hours a day until it was done. The inspiration was that whoever looked at this picture would feel the love of Jesus, and know that He would have died for each one of them , even if they were the only person on the earth.

Poster print size: 12″x28″ = $25.00
Print size: 8.5″x11″ = $10.00